What are the rules of the neighborhood?
The rules are found in the Governing Documents which include three documents; The Declarations of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions, Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.
The Declaration of Covenants (The Covenants) are the rules each member agrees to abide by when they purchase their home. The Covenants are the primary governing document and supersede the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.
The Bylaws pertain to the way meetings of members and the Board are conducted.
The Articles of Incorporation are the original documents that established the Homeowners Association in 1986. They are the lowest set of documents by priority. See the Governing Documents tab for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Where do I find the Covenants and Other Important Documents? Governing Documents Tab
When is the Annual Meeting?
The Annual meeting is normally the first Sunday in November.
Frequently Asked Questions;
1. What are the City rules for trash cans and yard debris?
When stacking yard vegetation; stack limbs and branches of less than 4 inches in diameter in piles 4 feet wide by four feet tall and separate multiple piles by four feet. The trash collection authority uses a 4 feet wide mechanical arm to lift and dump trash cans and remove vegetation. They ask that you set your cans four feet apart to facilitate the operation of their equipment. Failure to do so may result in your trash cans being skipped. Do not place milled lumber like fence posts, landscape timbers or concrete in vegetation piles. It damages the city equipment
2. How many signs can I have in my yard?
Florida Law allows a realtor sale or contactor sign and one additional home security company sign to be displayed within 10 feet of the residence.
3. What is the rule on flags and flag poles?
Flags and Flagpoles: Florida Statute 720.304 Right of owners to peaceably assemble; display of flag; (1) All common areas and recreational facilities serving any homeowners’ association shall be available to parcel owners in the homeowners’ association served thereby and their invited guests for the use intended for such common areas and recreational facilities. The entity or entities responsible for the operation of the common areas and recreational facilities may adopt reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to the use of such common areas and recreational facilities. No entity or entities shall unreasonably restrict any parcel owner’s right to peaceably assemble or right to invite public officers or candidates for public office to appear and speak in common areas and recreational facilities. (2)(a) Any homeowner may display one portable, removable United States flag or official flag of the State of Florida in a respectful manner, and one portable, removable official flag, in a respectful manner, not larger than 41/2 feet by 6 feet, which represents the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, or a POW-MIA flag, regardless of any covenants, restrictions, bylaws, rules, or requirements of the association. (b) Any homeowner may erect a freestanding flagpole no more than 20 feet high on any portion of the homeowner’s real property, regardless of any covenants, restrictions, bylaws, rules, or requirements of the association, if the flagpole does not obstruct sightlines at intersections and is not erected within or upon an easement. The homeowner may further display in a respectful manner from that flagpole, regardless of any covenants, restrictions, bylaws, rules, or requirements of the association, one official United States flag, not larger than 41/2 feet by 6 feet, and may additionally display one official flag of the State of Florida or the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, or a POW-MIA flag. Such additional flag must be equal in size to or smaller than the United States flag. The flagpole and display are subject to all building codes, zoning setbacks, and other applicable governmental regulations, including, but not limited to, noise and lighting ordinances in the county or municipality in which the flagpole is erected and all setback and locational criteria contained in the governing documents. (c)This subsection applies to all community development districts and homeowners’ associations, regardless of whether such homeowners’ associations are authorized to impose assessments that may become a lien on the parcel.
4. I plan to build or add something to my property. What do I need to do before construction begins?
Consult the Governing Documents (see Governing Documents tab) and submit your site plan and proposed drawings to the Architectural Committee via (LBT_Board@yahoo.com) for review and pre-approval. Failure to do so may require the Board to stop your build and you may have to remove any unapproved additions at you own expense.